In our third science lesson about the Solar System we learnt about some of the scientists that studied our Solar System - Aristotle, Alhazan, Ptolemy, Nicolaus Copernicus and Galileo. The children worked with a friend to complete a research task to find out about the scientists and record their findings on a timeline. We have used the following Learning Gems today:
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In writing we have been learning about Steve Irwin. We have learnt that he foolishly fed a crocodile whilst holding a baby! The children have used a photograph of Steve doing this to write a piece of imagery. Over this unit of writing they have recapped on nouns, adjectives, verbs and adverbs. Then looked at expanded noun phrases, personification, similes and metaphors. Some of the children included just some of these features in their work, and others, all of the features. Here are some examples of the work.
Half the class are beginning to learn the guitars. Today we looked at rhythms, parts of a guitar and did a bit of singing.
We did science today and learnt more about the planets. We learnt that the planets are all different sizes and that they are all different distances from the sun. Rather than learning the sizes, which would entail many zeros in each number, we compared the planet to fruit. We then used a toilet roll to show the distance of the planets from the sun. We should have done this on Tuesday, but it was too windy. You can just imagine us all running around the field after the loo roll if we had done it then!
In history we have begun learning about the Anglo-Saxons. The children have looked at the this image and considered who may have worn this mask and why, We have also begun to look at our topic question for history, Was the Anglo-Saxon time really a period of Dark Age?
In science today we have begun learning about the Solar System. We have learned that there are eight planets in our Solar System and that they all orbit around the Sun - which is a star.
In art today, the children learnt how to use different mark-making techniques, such as hatching, stippling, zig zags, etc. Then, they had to draw a thistle and imagine something really different inside the thistle. They had all sorts of ideas; a spider, a snake, a fairy garden and lots of other ideas too.
We have had a lovely start to the new academic year, getting to know the children and finding out some of the things we Didn't Do This Summer by using rhyming couplets.
Here are some examples of some of the poems the children wrote. |
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